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cadet
n. term used in New Zealand,answering to the Australian Colonial Experience,or jackaroo (q.v.). 18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A volunteer, who, serving at his own charge, to learn experience, waits for preferment; a designation, recently introduced, for young gentlemen formerly rated volunteers of the first class. Properly, the younger son in French.
n. term used in New Zealand,answering to the Australian Colonial Experience,or jackaroo (q.v.). 18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris